Nevada Revised Statutes Title 38. Public Welfare § 422.27487. Eligibility for and coverage under Medicaid for persons who are incarcerated and persons released from incarceration; regulations

(a) Suspend, rather than terminate, the eligibility for Medicaid of a person who is incarcerated for the amount of time authorized by regulation pursuant to subsection 2;

(b) Authorize a person who is incarcerated and was not eligible for Medicaid before being incarcerated or whose eligibility for Medicaid has been terminated to apply up to 6 months before his or her scheduled release for enrollment in Medicaid immediately upon release, except where such a person is authorized to enroll earlier pursuant to NRS 422.272428; and

(c) Reinstate or institute, as applicable, eligibility for and coverage under Medicaid for a person described in paragraph (a) or (b) as soon as possible upon his or her release from incarceration if the person otherwise meets the requirements to be eligible for Medicaid at that time.